Flexible button for soft collars and other articles



Sept. 4, 1923'.

. F. E. WARNER FLEXIBLE BUTTON FOR SOFT COLLARS AND OTHER ARTICLESn Filed June l5. 1922 1....." Q0 o ,Q

Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

FRANK E. WARNER, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, assIGNon'To sCovILL 'MANtr-ff PTAEN .T FFI f cEj; ;N i

FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION E COTE'--` i NECTIC'UT.

FLEXIBLE BUTTON FORVSOFT COLLARS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Application filed June 13, 1922. Serial No. 567,891.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK E. vv VifiRNnR, a citizen of the United States, residing .at Vaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a cer-.

tain new and useful Improvement in Flexible Buttons for Soft Collars and Other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a button for soft collars and other articles, and by this I mean a button such as may be used upon collars that are laundered soft,

to hold the upper corner of the inserted end or tab of the collar in proper position beneat-h the front fold of the collar.

It is desirable that a button for such use be of relatively small diameter, and relative- 1y flat as regards the distance at which it stands away from the material to which it is attached, and to these ends' the button vof this invention is made as small as practicable from a standpoint of utility -and manufacturing-expediency, and is partly collapsible to decrease its normal thickness. `These features of dimensions and collapsibility make ironing of the article to which the button is' attached practically unobstructed and thereby prolong the life of such article be-` cause of the consequent unlikelihood of the iron cutting or tearing the lmaterial ofthe article by contact with the button 'during the process of ironing. y .y Moreover, the button is not only .partly collapsible, but it is .also flexible, this flexi-v bility tending to facilitate its manipulation" in the buttoning and unbuttoning opera-` tions.

The invention consists in a 'button forsoft" collars and other articles, comprising head having a recessed face. and a shank, la footpiece having a barrel adapted to it loosely within the shank and its' leading end ex' of the eyelet, being f deformable downwardly to accommodate the buttonto. setting uponl materialsof different thicknesses, asI will' proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In. the.. accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which likeparts :are similarly designated,\ Figurel is a perspectivev-iew; of a lcollar the ,front fold of which is partly broken,l awayto showk the button attached. FigQ` is anfaxialvvertical section of the. button head'andI foot-piece assembled; 'F ig. 3 is an axialvertical sectionl of the .setting or attaching eyelet, rand Fig; 4 is an axial vertical section ,showing the buttonset upon a piece ofmaterial, these last three views showingthe parts greatly .enlarged- The drawingshows the invention applied to an open face button having a he'adprovidec'l'wi'th a rolledrim.` or edgey 1a recess 2 and a shank 3 throughv which last vex-v tends the loosely littinglbarrel't of afoot# piece 5 having its circumferential fedge turned inwardly asat 6 for a purpose. later i appearing. As shown, the outerior leading end ,of the barrely 4 is" expanded within the` `recess 2 as at 7 to form a flexible but inseparable'connectionbetween the head and foot-piece.

" The button .set upon or attached to thek article by `means of a setting eyelet, preferably-'of the self-piercing variety, Figs.- 3

and 4, having aI tube Sthe leading end 9,"of `which isadapted to-fcooperate with the relatively sharp edgey 10 r`of the foot-piece to pierce the material of the article, and the flange l1 ofthe' eyelet is'out-turned vas .at

12 for' a purpose later appearing.

Setting of the button'is accomplished i proper clinching of the leading end 9 of the eyelet tube 8 upon the expanded end'7 ofthe barrel 4 of the foot-piece 5, as shown in f Fig; 4.

The relative proportion of the depth of recess 2, and length of shank 3 to the height of the clinched end lBof eyelet tube8 'and the distanceat rwhichit stands away from the outer surface l4fof the foot-piece 5, is such that the clinched end will never project beyond the plane of the upper surface of the rim l of the head, even when the head is depressed so that the end of shank 3l contacts with the outer surface 14 of the foot-piece, as would be the case whenv ironing the article to which the button is attached, thereby presenting a Substantially even surface to the iron. Mforeover, when in this partially collapsed condition the button is of less thickness than when its parts are in the position shown in the drawings.

It will be noted that the flange ll of the eyelet is of greater diameter than the diameter of the foot-piece 5, so that while a firm grip is obtained upon the material upon which the button is seit, between the oppo- 'sitely turned edges of the foot-piece and eyelet flange, no cutting or tearing` of the material will result. Moreover. by turning the edge of the eyelet flange, I produce a flange which is partly deformable, so that, in` case materials of different thicknesses are used with the button, the flange of the eyelet may be deformable downwardly (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) to accommodate additional thickness of material instead of making necessary change in adjustment of the machine used for settingv the buttonsl upon such material of added thickness. This deforming or flattening out of the flange of the eyelet is made possible by the fact that a flat setting die is used instead of one having a. face which conforms to the under face of the eyelet flange.

It will be noted also that the foot-piece 5 and flange ll are of relatively large diameter, thus affording a large bearing and attaching surface and. making unlikely tear* ing out of the button even when set upon frail material, such as thin silk or linen, because of the consequent relatively large amount of material grasped within the circumference of the foot-piece and setting flange and the attendant remoteness of the circumferential gripping edges of these parts from the hole pierced through the material by and for the passage of the eyelet in setting. 4

It will be understood that I do not consider my invention as limited to the various details of construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described, as it` is obvious that variofs changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope ofthe follow ing claims.

lVhat I claim is y l. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a head having a shank, and a foot-piece having a barrel arranged within and spaced from said shank, the upper end of said barrel being expanded to flexibly connect said head and foot-piece.

2. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a head having a recess and a rearwardly extending shank, and a footpiece having barrel, the leading end of which is adapted to be expanded within said recess, said barrel having a loose lit within said shank, whereby a flexible connection is provided between the head and foot-piece.

3. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a head having a shank, a foot-piece having a. barrel litt-ing loosely within said shank and its leading end expanded to prevent separation of the head and foot-piece, and a setting eyelet havin@v a flange and a tube, the leading end of san; tube adapted to be clinched upon the eX-A panded end of said barrel, whereby the button may be set upon a piece of material.

l. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a head having a recess and a shank, a foot-piece having a barrel loosely fitting within .said shank and its leading end adapted to' be expanded to flexibly connect said head and footpieee, and a set-ting eyelet having a flange and a tube, the lead- .ing` end of said tube adapted to be clinched upon the expanded end of said barrel to set the button upon a piece of material, and the flange of said eyelet being inturned at its circumference and deformable downwardly for the purpose specified.

5. A button for soft collars and other articles, comprising a head having a recess and a shank, a toot-piece having a barrel fitting loosely within said shank but inseparable therefrom, and a setting eyelet having a tube. the leading endof" which is clinchedv upon the barrel of thefoot-piece, the length of said shank being such that the clinched end of said tube always lies within said recess.

6.. A button for soft collars and other articlest,` comprising` a head having a rim, a recess and a shank, a foot-piece having a barrel loosely fitting within said shank and its leadingend expanded to inseparably and flexibly unite the head and foot-piece. and a settingeyelet having a tube. the leading end of which is clinched upon the expanded end of said barrel, the distance between the end of said shank and said foot-piece being such that the clinchedr end of said tubev will never extend beyond the plane of the outer surface of said rim.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this l2 day of June, A. D. 1922.

FRANK E. WARNERk lVitnesses H. B. Ricos, M. E. ROGERS. 

